Unboxious
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- Comment on First Season of Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans is now on YouTube 10 hours ago:
I think it’s one of the better Gundam shows, and since it takes place in an alternate universe from most other Gundam stuff you can watch it without needing any context from other shows. Shame it’s only the first season, but maybe they’ll put Season 2 up later.
- Comment on James should have used his money 2 days ago:
She had a bdsm dungeon she was going to “train” him in.
- Comment on James should have used his money 2 days ago:
It’s not so much that he’s been cut off as it is that he’s been avoiding his parents because the fiancee they’ve set up for him is terrifying.
- Comment on Summer Anime Season Wrap-up and Discussion Thread 2 days ago:
I know the name might make you think otherwise, but The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity is actually shounen!
Also, “enjoyable” sure is a way to describe Takopi. It was great, but I feel like my heart was in my stomach the whole way through. Maybe I’d enjoy it more on rewatch.
- Comment on Summer Anime Season Wrap-up and Discussion Thread 2 days ago:
Still watching:
- Dan Da Dan - I haven’t finished this yet because I’m watching with a friend. Anyways, 10/10 anime. They took what might be my least favorite fight in the manga (the music room) and turned it into something spectacular. The manga was already great, but I cannot imagine a better adaptation.
- Witch Watch - It’s fine. The comedy? Average. The fights? Average. The characters? Average. This one gets a 7.5/10 C grade from me.
- The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity - What I’ve heard is that this story is generic but well-executed. I’m down for that. What I’ve seen so far seems to match up, though it’s just a tiny bit too “sweet” for my taste. Maybe bordering on saccharine, but I’ve only watched 3 episodes so I’ll give it a chance to further impress me before giving it a score.
Completed:
- City the Animation - Maybe Dan Da Dan will do something to change my mind, but this was the anime of the season for me. 10/10 perfect show. I was really happy to have something cheery and well-executed to turn towards with all the darkness in the world these days.
- Takopi’s Original Sin - This was another great adaptation of a great story. It wasn’t entirely without its flaws though, and it was kind of a hard watch. Still, 9/10 great anime.
- The Summer Hikaru Died - Not every day we get a horror anime that doesn’t suck, but this one was a lot of fun! Nothing like some doomed yaoi to spice things up! 9/10
- Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - A neat piece of indie animation. Fun dialogue, was almost always able to make me laugh. 8/10
- Clevatess - It’s rare that we get a cool fantasy thing that has actual effort put into its worldbuilding. I enjoyed this one; 8/10.
- bâan: The Boundary of Adulthood - When Gigguk announced he was making this, all I could say was “of course it’s a fucking isekai”. TBF, it was better than at least 95% of isekai which makes it a slightly above average anime. 8/10
Dropped:
- Turkey! Time to Strike - The characters and story were all kinda boring. I didn’t find myself looking forward to watching it, so I stopped watching it. 7/10
- Nyaight of the Living Cat - I only watched 1 episode of this. The jokes were mostly funny and the voice acting seemed decent but it was barely animated. 6/10
Overall I had a good time. Looks like next season will be a bit more relaxed, so I look forward to catching up on some older stuff instead.
- Comment on [Episode] CITY THE ANIMATION - Episode 13 discussion 2 days ago:
My understanding is that the anime adopted the volume at a crazy pace, like one episode per volume or something. I wonder if the huge cast was easier to keep track of in the manga.
- Comment on [Episode] CITY THE ANIMATION - Episode 13 discussion 3 days ago:
That was incredible. I wasn’t completely sold on this show at first, but that was the second time in 13 episodes that it’s absolutely blown me away. I found the whole thing extremely charming. My only criticism is that it was difficult to keep track of that many characters in that much runtime.
- Comment on [Episode] The Summer Hikaru Died • Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu - Episode 12 discussion 4 days ago:
Good stuff, as always, I couldn’t help laughing when things got real on the train! I also really enjoyed that scene at the end with the sketchy dude grabbing their pool float for them. I’m curious to see what happens next, so maybe I’ll read the manga.
- Comment on "Star Wars: Visions" Volume 3 New PV 5 days ago:
Pretty sure Patreon takes a lot less than 30%.
- Comment on "Star Wars: Visions" Volume 3 New PV 5 days ago:
It’s worth mentioning that Studio Trigger has a patreon. I wish more studios would do this!
- Comment on Fall Anime Season Preview Discussion and Thread Requests [2025, Week 39] 1 week ago:
Interesting. I’ve only seen the TV series and I thought that was a mess.
- Comment on What are the visually-best anime you're seen? 1 week ago:
It’s crazy how good some of these studios have gotten at compositing 3d CGI models and effects with otherwise 2d-animated scenes. I don’t think something like Chainsaw Man or Demon Slayer would look nearly as good without these techniques.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
On the one hand, I know it’s unfair to say “I’d rather rewatch these two much shorter shows”. On the other hand, I don’t think Naruto manages to tell nearly as good of a story even with its hideously bloated runtime.
I think I might take the time I’m saving by not rewatching any of them and spend it finally watching Armored Trooper Votoms, Mushi-shi, and Inuyasha. Honestly Naruto is so damn long that barely puts a dent in it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Nah, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is actually that good.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yeah but I’d rather rewatch Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen than Naruto.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Someone actually did, and I tried watching it, and it still somehow had bad pacing even with countless hours of runtime cut out.
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 39] 1 week ago:
I think it’s just kinda hard for me to discuss manga in these threads, and I finally figured out why. There are two categories of things I read: currently serializing manga that I’m keeping up with, and stuff I’m “binging”. The currently serializing stuff is weird to talk about because everyone reads such a wide range of manga to read that there’s decent odds nobody will have the context to know what I’m talking about. The stuff I’m “binging” is a little better, but I have to put that in quotes because I’m reading that section in Japanese so I usually don’t go much faster than 1-2 volumes a week. Right now that would be Kaguya-sama: Love is War. It’s been great! There are lots of really cool puns! Definitely worth re-reading in the original language! I’ll bring it up again in checks notes about 2-3 months when I finally finish!
- Comment on [Clip] Gintama explains filler 1 week ago:
There aren’t usually whole filler episodes anymore but there’s a lot of weird fluff in Demon Slayer that wasn’t in the manga.
- Comment on Fall Anime Season Preview Discussion and Thread Requests [2025, Week 39] 1 week ago:
The only thing I’m really excited about here is Fujimoto Tatsuki 17-26. I’ll probably watch the next season of Spy x Family too though; I liked the previous seasons and my wife is a huge fan.
As someone who made a rockin’ Saitama cosplay back in the day I wish I could say I was hyped about the new season of One-Punch Man but after what happened with Season 2 and what I’ve seen so far of Season 3 I’m starting to think that IP is cursed and all of ONE’s good anime luck went into Mob Psycho 100.
- Comment on What are the visually-best anime you're seen? 1 week ago:
and again on episode 5
Never in my life has my ADHD felt so overwhelmed.
- Comment on What are the visually-best anime you're seen? 1 week ago:
I used to think that an interesting story was important for an anime to be a 10/10 masterpiece, and then I saw Redline.
- Comment on [Episode] Witch Watch - Episode 24 discussion 1 week ago:
Fun episode! By the way, Moi’s denim obsession was actually foreshadowed in the first OP.Image
- Comment on [Episode] CITY THE ANIMATION - Episode 12 discussion 1 week ago:
You don’t live your life by video game rules?
- Comment on bâan: The Boundary of Adulthood • bâan: Otona no Kyoukai - Movie Discussion 1 week ago:
Kevin Penkin’s music really elevated the whole thing. Man, can this dude write amazing soundtracks.
Honestly worth watching just for the soundtrack. It was that good.
- Comment on [Episode] Clevatess • Clevatess: Majuu no Ou to Akago to Kabane no Yuusha - Episode 12 discussion 1 week ago:
Overall I liked the first season. I thought the final episode was kind of weak, but I think that had more to do with the adaptation than with the writing. Hopefully the second season will be at least as good.
- Comment on [Episode] Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express • Ginga Tokkyuu Milky☆Subway - Episode 12 discussion 1 week ago:
That was a lot of fun! The art and the writing were both quite charming.
- Comment on "Clevatess" Season 2 Announced with New Illustration 1 week ago:
Overall I liked the first season. I thought the final episode was kind of weak, but I think that had more to do with the adaptation than with the writing. Hopefully the second season will be at least as good.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 38] 2 weeks ago:
Honestly there’s not a whole lot that’s like it out there. I really like Summer Time Rendering, and the two shows have a lot in common, but they also have plenty of differences. Summer Time Rendering is a bit less eerie & mystery and is more action-oriented for example.
- Comment on [STATUS] Comick.io closes down. 2 weeks ago:
At least we can read stuff for free on the manga plus app, but pretty much anything that isn’t on that app is going to be expensive like you said. And what if I don’t want to read on mobile?
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 38] 2 weeks ago:
Yep! Both the same mangaka and the same animation studio as Nichijou. If anything, the animation is somehow even better.
